The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-03
WORTH PREsERYlNo.
a Beautiful Chapter Resembling the o.
iElBal % the Bible.

a Aeauttiut Cnaptar Resembling the or.
iElBal OF the Bible.
Over one hundred years sgo the fol-
lowing so-oalled Genesis 81" was used
10 puzzle Biblical scholars. and to-day.
were 1t read aloud 10 any mixed conf
pany. IL Is questionable If It's fraudulent
nature would be discovered. 50 beauii-
fully is the spirit and language Of the
Old Testament initiated:
/. And IL cams 10 pass after these things, that
Abraham sat IN the door Of hts tent shout the
going down Of tie sun.
2. And behold man. bowed with age. came
nom the Way Of the wilderness, leaning on q
Ilsd
3 Ana Abraham srose aud met him. and SAID
unto him Turn IN, pray thee, ana wash thy
feet, and taFTy all night and thou shaft arise
early on the morrow, and 20 thy way.
{ Bot the man said; Nay, for viii abide
under this tree.
s. And Abraham pressed him greatly; 90 10
turned. and they vent into the tent, and Abra
ham baked unleavened bead. and they did eat
G. And when Abraham saw that the man
blessed not God. be said unto him: Wherefore
dost thou not worship the Most High God. Gre
storof Heaven and earthf
7. And the man answered and said. ] DO not
worship the God thou'speakest Of. neither DO
call upon His name; for have made 70 myself .
God. which abidsth Away m my house and pro
Tideth me with all things
= And Abrahfm's real was kindlsd against
~ maa, and he arose and drove hiaf forth with
Slows into the wilderness.
q And a. midnight God called unto Abraham
sying; Abraham, where Is the slrangeri
10. And Abraham answered and said: Lord
g would not worship Thee. neither would he
all upon Thy name, therefore nave driven hin
Sli from before ny face into the wilderness.
AZ. And God said; Have rot borne with hin
SheSe hundred ninety and eight years. and nour
ished him, and clothed him. notWithstandIrs
bis rebellion AGAINST me. and oouldst hot thos
hat Art myself sinner, bear with him ans
lightl
II. And Abraham said: Let not the anger o.
ny Lord wax against Hts servant; isi have
lnnsd. forgive me, pray Thee
~ And Abraham arose and vent forth into
the wilderness, and sought diligently for he
mar, and found him and returned with him ID
the tent. and when he had entreated him kindly,
he sent him away on the morrow with EiftA
II. Ana God spske again unto Abraham say
ing: For this thy SIN shall thy seed be afiicted
four hundred years IN q strange land
IS. But for Thy repentance will I deliver them.
snd they shall come forth with power, and With
Eladness Of heart, ard with much substance.
In 1853, when in England as agent
for the Colony Of Pennsylvania, Benjs-
min Franklin privately printed this
Chapter" As he always termed it
Taking only q sheet Of paper. be kept
It laid in his Bible at the end Of Gene
sis, and used to amuse himself BY read
ing It aloud to his friends and hearing
them express their surprise that they
had never recollected reading It, and
their openly expressed admiration Of
the moral Il carried with Il Its origin
ls unknown. Il has been traced back
seven hundred years to 3 Persian poet
who simply says lit was 50 related. "
L must be very Old -Chieago journal